WCL Co-Hosts International Association of Law Schools Conference on Constitutional Law

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WASHINGTON, DC, Sept. 8, 2009 – American University Washington College of Law (WCL) is co-hosting the International Association of Law Schools (IALS) Conference on Constitutional Law with Georgetown University Law Center this weekend. WCL will host the first day of the conference Friday, Sept. 11, and Georgetown will host on Saturday. More than 100 constitutional law professors are expected to attend.

“We are proud to host the IALS conference which will bring together such a remarkable group of internationally renowned constitutional law experts,” said Dean Claudio Grossman. “Their depth of expertise and the diverse array of topics to be discussed will create an historic program.”

WCL Professors Jamin Raskin, and Herman Schwartz are among the conference presenters. Raskin will present during a plenary session on Religion, State, and the Constitution, and Schwartz will participate in a Comparative Constitutional Law panel. Grossman will deliver opening remarks Friday morning.